ἀριθμός arithmos
Greek word for “number” · Strong’s G706 · used 18 times in 15 verses
Meaning
ἀριθμός, -οῦ, ὁ; number, a number:, 5:36 6:7 11:21 16:5, 7:4 9:16 13:17-18 15:2 20:8 (for exx. of mystical use in π., see MM, see word).†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for arithmos in context, with how often each is used:
- number 17
- number is 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation | 10 | 1.0 | |
| Acts | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Luke | 1 | 0.1 | |
| John | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 13 (2), Luke 22 (1), John 6 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 5 (1), Acts 6 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 16 (1), Romans 9 (1), Revelation 5 (1)
Forms
- ἀριθμὸς 10
- ἀριθμὸν 5
- ἀριθμοῦ 2
- ἀριθμῷ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with arithmos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- χιλιάς chilias “thousand” 3
- ὡς hōs “as/when” 6
- θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 3
- πολύς polus “much” 5
- ἄμμος ammos “sand” 2
- μυριάς murias “myriad” 2
- θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 3
- ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 4
- ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3
- τέσσαρες tessares “four” 2
- Ἰσραήλ Israēl “Israel” 2
- τε te “and/both” 2
Key verses
The verses using arithmos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Luke 22:3 — Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
- Acts 4:4 — Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
- Acts 5:36 — For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all,…
- Acts 6:7 — And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 11:21 — And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
- Acts 16:5 — And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
- Romans 9:27 — Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
- Revelation 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten…
- Revelation 7:4 — And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Revelation 13:18 — Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
- Revelation 15:2 — And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the…
- Revelation 20:8 — And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.